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Dr Abraham Nieva De La Hidalga
Research Associate in Data Management & Software Development (with Prof Richard Catlow)
School of Computer Science and Informatics
Overview
Dr Abraham Nieva de la Hidalga currently collaborates as a research associate at the UK Catalysis Hub. He is currently involved in the design and development of the Catalysis Data Infrastructure and the Catalysis Research Workbench. Additionally, he is collaborating in the ESPRC funded development of the Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure, a project led by the Scientific Computing Department of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
His main research interests relate to the development of advanced research infrastructures. In previous projects he has worked supporting Biodiversity Research (BioVeL), Natural History Collections Digitisation (ICEDIG), Chemistry (UPP-Portal) and Environmental Research Infrastructures (ENVRIplus).
He actively looks to collaborate on research project related to the development of tools and platforms for e-Science, Data Science and applied AI.
Publication
2022
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Goodall, J., Catlow, R., Anyka, C. and Matthews, B. 2022. A portal for indexing distributed FAIR digital objects for catalysis research. Research Ideas and Outcomes 8, article number: e95770. (10.3897/rio.8.e95770)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A. et al. 2022. A workflow demonstrator for processing catalysis research data. Data Intelligence 4(2), pp. 455-470. (10.1162/dint_a_00143)
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A. et al. 2022. Cross-validation of a semantic segmentation net-work for natural history collection specimens. Machine Vision and Applications 33, article number: 39. (10.1007/s00138-022-01276-z)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Goodall, J., Anyika, C., Matthews, B. and Catlow, C. R. A. 2022. Designing a data infrastructure for catalysis science aligned to FAIR data principles. Catalysis Communications 162, article number: 106384. (10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106384)
2020
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Hardisty, A., Martin, P., Magagna, B. and Zhao, Z. 2020. The ENVRI reference model. In: Zhao, Z. and Hellström, M. eds. Towards Interoperable Research Infrastructures for Environmental and Earth Sciences - A Reference Model Guided Approach for Common Challenges. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 12003. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Professional, pp. 61-81.
- Magagna, B., Martin, P., Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Atkinson, M. and Zhao, Z. Zhao, Z. ed. 2020. Common challenges and requirements. Springer Verlag. (10.1007/978-3-030-52829-4_3)
- Hardisty, A. et al. 2020. Conceptual design blueprint for the DiSSCo digitization infrastructure - DELIVERABLE D8.1. Research Ideas and Outcomes 6, article number: e54280. (10.3897/rio.6.e54280)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A. et al. 2020. Designing an herbarium digitisation workflow with built-in image quality management. Biodiversity Data Journal 8, article number: e47051. (10.3897/BDJ.8.e47051)
2019
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A. and Hardisty, A. 2019. Making heterogeneous specimen data ‘FAIR’: Implementing a digital specimen repository. Presented at: Biodiversity_Next 2019, Leiden, The Netherlands, 21-25 October 2019Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Vol. 3. https://biss.pensoft.net/: Pensoft pp. e37163., (10.3897/biss.3.37163)
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Owen, D., Spasic, I., Rosin, P. and Sun, X. 2019. Use of semantic segmentation for increasing the throughput of digitisation workflows for natural history collections. Presented at: Biodiversity_Next 2019, Leiden, The Netherlands, 21-25 October 2019Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Vol. 3. Vol. e37161. Pensoft, (10.3897/biss.3.37161)
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Cazenave, N., Agosti, D., Wu, Z., Dillen, M. and Nielsen, L. H. 2019. Use of European open science cloud and national e-infrastructures for the long-term storage of digitised assets from natural history collections. Presented at: Biodiversity_Next 2019, Leiden, The Netherlands, 21-25 October 2019Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Vol. 3. Vol. e37164. Pensoft, (10.3897/biss.3.37164)
2018
- Constantin, A., Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Hardisty, A. and Atkinson, A. 2018. Using persona as lenses for a reference model. Presented at: HCI '18 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, Belfast, UK, 4-6 July 2018HCI '18 Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference. ACM Digital Library: BCS Learning & Development Ltd., Swindon, UK, (10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.138)
2017
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A. et al. 2017. The ENVRI Reference Model (ENVRI RM) version 2.2, 30th October 2017. Documentation. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1050349
2016
- Hardisty, A. R. et al. 2016. BioVeL: A virtual laboratory for data analysis and modelling in biodiversity science and ecology.. BMC Ecology 16, article number: 49. (10.1186/s12898-016-0103-y)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Hardisty, A. and Jones, A. 2016. SCRAM-CK: applying a collaborative requirements engineering process for designing a web based e-science toolkit. Requirements Engineering 21, pp. 107-129. (10.1007/s00766-014-0212-0)
2013
- Wolstencroft, K. et al. 2013. The Taverna workflow suite: designing and executing workflows of Web Services on the desktop, web or in the cloud. Nucleic Acids Research 41(W1), pp. W557-W561. (10.1093/nar/gkt328)
Articles
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Goodall, J., Catlow, R., Anyka, C. and Matthews, B. 2022. A portal for indexing distributed FAIR digital objects for catalysis research. Research Ideas and Outcomes 8, article number: e95770. (10.3897/rio.8.e95770)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A. et al. 2022. A workflow demonstrator for processing catalysis research data. Data Intelligence 4(2), pp. 455-470. (10.1162/dint_a_00143)
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A. et al. 2022. Cross-validation of a semantic segmentation net-work for natural history collection specimens. Machine Vision and Applications 33, article number: 39. (10.1007/s00138-022-01276-z)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Goodall, J., Anyika, C., Matthews, B. and Catlow, C. R. A. 2022. Designing a data infrastructure for catalysis science aligned to FAIR data principles. Catalysis Communications 162, article number: 106384. (10.1016/j.catcom.2021.106384)
- Hardisty, A. et al. 2020. Conceptual design blueprint for the DiSSCo digitization infrastructure - DELIVERABLE D8.1. Research Ideas and Outcomes 6, article number: e54280. (10.3897/rio.6.e54280)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A. et al. 2020. Designing an herbarium digitisation workflow with built-in image quality management. Biodiversity Data Journal 8, article number: e47051. (10.3897/BDJ.8.e47051)
- Hardisty, A. R. et al. 2016. BioVeL: A virtual laboratory for data analysis and modelling in biodiversity science and ecology.. BMC Ecology 16, article number: 49. (10.1186/s12898-016-0103-y)
- Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Hardisty, A. and Jones, A. 2016. SCRAM-CK: applying a collaborative requirements engineering process for designing a web based e-science toolkit. Requirements Engineering 21, pp. 107-129. (10.1007/s00766-014-0212-0)
- Wolstencroft, K. et al. 2013. The Taverna workflow suite: designing and executing workflows of Web Services on the desktop, web or in the cloud. Nucleic Acids Research 41(W1), pp. W557-W561. (10.1093/nar/gkt328)
Book sections
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Hardisty, A., Martin, P., Magagna, B. and Zhao, Z. 2020. The ENVRI reference model. In: Zhao, Z. and Hellström, M. eds. Towards Interoperable Research Infrastructures for Environmental and Earth Sciences - A Reference Model Guided Approach for Common Challenges. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 12003. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Professional, pp. 61-81.
Books
- Magagna, B., Martin, P., Nieva de la Hidalga, A., Atkinson, M. and Zhao, Z. Zhao, Z. ed. 2020. Common challenges and requirements. Springer Verlag. (10.1007/978-3-030-52829-4_3)
Conferences
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A. and Hardisty, A. 2019. Making heterogeneous specimen data ‘FAIR’: Implementing a digital specimen repository. Presented at: Biodiversity_Next 2019, Leiden, The Netherlands, 21-25 October 2019Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Vol. 3. https://biss.pensoft.net/: Pensoft pp. e37163., (10.3897/biss.3.37163)
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Owen, D., Spasic, I., Rosin, P. and Sun, X. 2019. Use of semantic segmentation for increasing the throughput of digitisation workflows for natural history collections. Presented at: Biodiversity_Next 2019, Leiden, The Netherlands, 21-25 October 2019Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Vol. 3. Vol. e37161. Pensoft, (10.3897/biss.3.37161)
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Cazenave, N., Agosti, D., Wu, Z., Dillen, M. and Nielsen, L. H. 2019. Use of European open science cloud and national e-infrastructures for the long-term storage of digitised assets from natural history collections. Presented at: Biodiversity_Next 2019, Leiden, The Netherlands, 21-25 October 2019Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Vol. 3. Vol. e37164. Pensoft, (10.3897/biss.3.37164)
- Constantin, A., Nieva De La Hidalga, A., Hardisty, A. and Atkinson, A. 2018. Using persona as lenses for a reference model. Presented at: HCI '18 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference, Belfast, UK, 4-6 July 2018HCI '18 Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference. ACM Digital Library: BCS Learning & Development Ltd., Swindon, UK, (10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.138)
Monographs
- Nieva De La Hidalga, A. et al. 2017. The ENVRI Reference Model (ENVRI RM) version 2.2, 30th October 2017. Documentation. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1050349
Research
From my PhD and trough my post-doctoral work I have been intrested in different aspects of software engineering.
I have research experiend on business-oriented systems for electronic tendering, e-mail filtering and end user workflow composition tools. In the area of e-science, I have undertaken reserach in a wide range of topics including requirements engineering, development of components, creation of easier user interfaces, analysis of the design of large e-infrastructures and improvement of data management and processing practices.
I am currently interested in research about the development of tools and platforms for e-Science, data science and applied AI.
Biography
I graduated from univeristy in 1998 and worked in the public and private sector in different development roles before comming to the UK for postgraduate studies. As a result, I have over 20 years of experience in software development of desktop and web-based applications, using technologies such as: Java, Python, C#, Visual Basic .NET, ASP/ASPX, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, SQL (MySQL, SQL Server, ORACLE).
After graduating from my PhD I started working in research in the areas of software engineering, web services, e-business, e-science, development patterns and software product lines. I have been working in research for more than 12 years.
During and after my PhD I also acquired teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Professional memberships
• National Researcher Candidate SNI CONACYT Mexico 2015-2018.
• Member of the British Computer Society (Since 2019).
Academic positions
The following list includes the last five posts I've held
- 2019-09 to present: Research Associate in Data Management and Software Development at UK Catalysis Hub
- 2016-01 to 2019-08: Research Associate at School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University
- 2015-01 to 2015-12: Postdoctoral Research project, Universidad Politecnica de Puebla, Mexico
- 2014-08 to 2014-12: Full time lecturer, Computer Science, Universidad Politécnica Metropolitana de Puebla, Mexico
- 2014-06 to 2015-11: Part time lecturer, Teaching Methods, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Especialización de Puebla, Mexico